Jennifer Padron

A professional profile image featuring Jennifer Padron, identified as a Community Support Coordinator. She is a Latina woman with long, wavy light brown hair, with a slight smile. She is wearing a brown textured turtleneck sweater. The background is a muted green color with abstract black hand-drawn accents. Her name, "JENNIFER PADRON," is displayed in large black capital letters on the right side. Below her name, a paragraph describes her role as a bilingual professional with a heart for serving children with developmental delays or disabilities. She assists non-native English-speaking individuals with disabilities and their famiilies find and access the services they need. A gold compass emblem is placed near the center of the image. The bottom section has a torn-paper effect revealing a bold pink background with the word "Specialities:" in large white script. Below it, a list in white serif font highlights her expertise in Early Intervention, Information & referral, Coordinate, Evaluate & monitor Service Delivery. An arrow points toward this section, emphasizing her areas of specialization.

Jennifer Padron brings a wealth of knowledge to Pathfinder and is excited to be working with our Spanish-speaking community. Jennifer graduated from Middle Tennessee State University, MTSU with a B.S. in Child Development and Family Studies and earned an MS in Speech-Language Pathology from Tennessee State University. Prior to Pathfinder, she worked as an Early Interventionist in Developmental Therapy. In her role, as Statewide Community Support Coordinator, she helps non-native English-speaking individuals with disabilities and their families find and access the services they need, collaborates with other organizations, and increases the awareness of Pathfinder through various outreach activities. Jennifer has a heart for serving children with developmental delays or disabilities and a deep respect for their caregivers.

Specialties: Early Intervention, Information & Referral, & Coordinate, Evaluate and Monitor Service delivery

Interests: Early Intervention, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Language delays, Special Education, Behavior Analysis

Interesting Facts about Jennifer

Hobbies: Reading, exercising, organizing, traveling, watching movies  

Favorite Book: We Move Together by Kelly Fritsch Anne McGuire Eduardo Trejos

Favorite Music or Song: All Genres

Favorite Movie(s) or TV Show(s): Coco

Fun Fact:  “I once went to Cancun, Mexico – Playa del Carmen and got on a banana boat.”

You can reach Jennifer Padron at jennifer.a.padron@vumc.org.

For community support for non-native English-speaking families email TNPCommunitySupport@vumc.org.